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Rohingya Tell UN of Myanmar Bloodshed, Suffering
Rohingya face worsening violence and displacement amid aid cuts, with 1.2 million refugees in Bangladesh affected, UN officials warn of deepening humanitarian crisis.
- At a special UN conference, Maung Sawyeddollah displayed a photograph and said `These people were killed in a drone attack by the Arakan Army on August 5, 2024`, while a Rohingya refugee described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile.
- The 2021 coup in Myanmar helped spark the civil war by triggering intense fighting in Rakhine State, with Julie Bishop warning the clashes block Rohingya returns.
- About 1.2 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face aid cuts, and Lucky Karim said `We have also suffered deeply in the dangerous and overcrowded camps because of restrictions on livelihood opportunities`.
- Speakers at the conference pressed for justice, saying Myanmar's junta blocks aid, recruits Rohingyas as human shields and UN officials corroborate survivors' accounts.
- Since November 2023, the situation in Rakhine State, western Myanmar has sharply deteriorated, with ongoing attacks by the Arakan Army complicating return prospects; Sawyeddollah said, `These people were killed in a drone attack by the Arakan Army on August 5, 2024`.
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Rohingya Muslims Plead for Help at the UN to Stop the Killings in Myanmar
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Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering
A Rohingya refugee who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority.
This predominantly Muslim stateless minority has been oppressed in Myanmar for decades.
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